The article contains major spoilers for Lilo & Stitch.Lilo & Stitch director Dean Fleischer Camp explains the decision to nix the original villain Gantu from the 2025 remake. The remake of the ...

While almost all the characters from Disney's beloved animated classic Lilo & Stitch returned in some capacity for the live-action remake, the massive, antagonistic Captain Gantu was conspicuously ...

In Disney's new live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, the villainous Captain Gantu from the original animated film is nowhere to be found. Director Dean Fleischer Camp tells EW why they opted not to ...

The loss of Captain Gantu isn’t just a bummer for fans so much as it recalibrates the whole moral thrust of Lilo & Stitch. Gantu and social worker Cobra Bubbles (played in the new film by ...

"And also I do stand by the decision 'cause I feel like a lot of the things that in trying to ground these characters more and tell a story with a little more emotional depth, especially between the ...

Lilo & Stitch’s director Dean Fleischer Camp recently revealed the reason behind excluding Captain Gantu from Disney’s live-action remake. Captain Gantu, the villain from the original 2002 ...

There's Lilo and Nani. In the live-action Lilo & Stitch, the main antagonist is no longer Captain Gantu, but instead Jumba (Zach Galifianakis), hellbent on capturing his rogue experiment for his ...

Credit: Walt Disney Pictures As Lilo & Stitch continues to smash the box office, fans of the original 2002 Disney film are wondering why Captain Gantu was cut from the live action adaptation.

One of the original Lilo & Stitch film's antagonists, Captain Gantu, is notably absent from the live-action remake. In an interview with CinemaBlend published on the day of the film's release ...

In Disney's new live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, the villainous Captain Gantu from the original animated film is nowhere to be found. Director Dean Fleischer Camp tells EW why they opted not to use ...